{"id":4721,"date":"2018-04-22T01:43:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T07:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/?p=4721"},"modified":"2018-05-21T11:27:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T17:27:14","slug":"episode-14-secular-hub-founders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/episode-14-secular-hub-founders\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 14 &#8211; Secular Hub Founders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7804\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4721-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/secularhubcast\/Episode_14_-_Secular_Hub_Founders.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/secularhubcast\/Episode_14_-_Secular_Hub_Founders.mp3\">https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/secularhubcast\/Episode_14_-_Secular_Hub_Founders.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/secularhubcast\/Episode_14_-_Secular_Hub_Founders.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=4721-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/secularhubcast\/Episode_14_-_Secular_Hub_Founders.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_14_-_Secular_Hub_Founders.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>Five years ago a small group composed of 21 highly motivated individuals came together to form the Secular Hub.\u00a0 The Hub has become an important community center for many more people since.\u00a0 Two of those original founders speak here, discussing what atheism and the secular community was like before the Hub existed and how it has changed since.<\/p>\n<p>These two founders have something else in common as well in that both live with cerebral palsy, and they discuss what it means to live and work in America.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Denver-Secular-Meditation-Meetup\/events\/249858277\/\">secular meditation meetup\u00a0<\/a>hosted by Sean<\/p>\n<p>or reach out on Twitter:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecularMindfull\">@secularmindfull<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/states.secular.org\/states\/supporting-group\/atheists-humanity\">The Secular Coalition for Colorado&#8217;s website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Atheists for Humanity Inc. is a 501(c)3 charity non-profit based in Denver, Colorado. Our goals are simple: raise money and awareness for worthy charities and actively work to de-stigmatize atheists and atheism<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In case you didn&#8217;t see it, the Secular Hub got some positive press last year.\u00a0 Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2017\/07\/16\/secular-hub-denver-nontheistic-atheist-community-center\/\">the article<\/a> for a decent characterization of a Sunday morning at the Hub, made possible by the initiative of the founders<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><em>The Secular Hubcast:\u00a0 the Voice of Denver&#8217;s Secular Hub<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Become a member of the Secular Hub today!<\/p>\n<p>Follow the Secular Hub on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=secular%20hubcast\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecularHubCast\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See what events are happening on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/SecularHub\/\">Meetup\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/americanhumanist.org\/\">American Humanist Association<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8BXNwnxaVQE\">Music: A Himitsu &#8211; Adventures<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Host, Editor: Jesse Gilbertson<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Featuring:\u00a0 Sean and Tristan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five years ago a small group composed of 21 highly motivated individuals came together to form the Secular Hub.\u00a0 The Hub has become an important community center for many more people since.\u00a0 Two of those original founders speak here, discussing what atheism and the secular community was like before the Hub existed and how it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/episode-14-secular-hub-founders\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 14 &#8211; Secular Hub Founders&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[142,29,145,141,9,144,146,147,140,40,143,57],"class_list":["post-4721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-podcast","tag-atheists-for-humanity","tag-book-club","tag-cerebral-palsy","tag-coffee","tag-community","tag-disability","tag-discrimination","tag-equality","tag-founder","tag-god-delusion","tag-meditation","tag-richard-dawkins","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4721"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4724,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4721\/revisions\/4724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}